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Write software requirements specifications or fail.

As software engineers we should be writing software requirements specifications (SRS). SRS’s specify what is to be programmed, the relationship to other features and hardware (if any) and how the feature or product should be programmed to prevent the least amount of failures during the testing phase of your software. With that said, if you don’t write specifications then you’re probably not even…

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Using Doxygen to create specification diagrams.

When writing a software requirements specification you’ll eventually need to write up some diagrams and pseudo code for your Logical specification within the SRS. Using Visio or some other diagram tool can be (and should still be) used to make those high level diagrams but recently I am finding that Doxygen is also a great tool! With Doxygen you will need to write some prototypes in order to get…

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While loops with bash.

If you need to run a Linux command over and over again you can use a simple while loop within a bash script. I must warn you, the following script is a denial of service #!/bin/bash COUNTER=0 while [ $COUNTER -lt 40 ]; do ping -f -s 65507 -l 40 192.168.1.142 >> /dev/null & let COUNTER=COUNTER+1 done [/bash]

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LDAP Auth class written in PHP

Below is an LDAP class library for PHP. This was mainly created as a shell to help someone integrate LDAP into their PHP applications. (more…)

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Setup your default git remote username.

When you first setup a git repository or use an existing repository you should make sure your default git configuration is correct. Setting your repository username and “author” name will keep your repository clean, plus, it is nice not having to enter a username every time we push. git config credential.http://www.your.com/repo RepoUserName git config user.name "Billy Every"

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g++: File format not recognized.

If you are compiling a C++ program and you get the ” file not recognized: File format not recognized” error when compiling and linking you may not have your Makefile setup correctly or you may not be compiling your source files correctly. The first thing I checked when I got the “file not recognized” error is my Makefile. My Makefile builds all my sources independently. Then I link the objects I…

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Get post counts from category or tag.

This function (get_category_count) will return the number of posts within a category. Just specify the category slug and the function will return the number of posts within that category. Note that this will not return the number of posts within a tag so keep that in mind. But wait! There is a better solution so keep reading below! function get_category_count($term) { $cat =…

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#PHP #Wordpress

Show recent posts from category in Wordpress.

Show recent posts from category in WordPress.

This is a basic function which will let you retrieve a list of posts pre-formated with HTML from a specific category. Currently the function will get all posts in the “blog” category but you can easily add that parameter to the function parameters next to “$count”. Place this into your functions.php file, tweak to your needs and off you go. function show_recent_blogs($count=6) { $out = '';…

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#PHP #Wordpress

Dropbox Hacked? 68,680,741 account details in the wild.

Recently I received an email titled “Resetting passwords from mid-2012 and earlier” from Dropbox. The email goes on to explain that I have not changed my very long and very secure password in since mid-2012. After clicking the help link hidden deep in the email I was taken to a Dropbox help page where they come clean about their data breach, sort of. Our security teams are always watching out for…

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#DataBreach #Dropbox #Hackers #Security

The Sun. Yesterday at the water park my daughter was playing with my iPhone and snapped this picture of the sun. "Look at the sun daddy it's pretty", she says.

#Daughters

Get post thumbnail in wordpress.

When using the featured image setting in a WordPress blog post it is possible to get that featured image within your WordPress theme by using the following code. This code should be placed within your main WordPress loop or a WP_Query() loop. $thumb_id = get_post_thumbnail_id(); $thumb = wp_get_attachment_image_src($thumb_id); $out .= '

';

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#Wordpress

big buns in Arlington. If you ever get the chance to visit the Arlington Virginia area you should check out the Big Buns restaraunt over by the Ballston Metro station. Big buns come with a lotta meat and big drinks, everything there is big. I like big buns!

#Arlington #Food #Virginia

when the world is burning.

It’s not difficult to believe when the world around you is burning. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

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#Bible #Verse

The Signal Corps From waving flags in 1860 to communicate with troops, to counter network terrorism in 2016, The Signal Corps will always be a vital branch in the United States Army.

#Army #SignalCorp

sacrifice for freedom. Arlington National Cemetery changed my entire perspective on the meaning of sacrifice. The number of graves at this sacred sight is jaw dropping. This is the price we pay for freedom.

#Arlington #USA

maximum danger.

“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility—I welcome it.” -President John F Kennedy (this is a partial quote from a speech Kennedy gave in 1961)

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#JFK

Falmouth. I cursed, and then there was the sign.

#Curse #Signs

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